Shoemaker: Catcher Of Traditional Crafts

Speaking of shoemaker, this traditional handicraft artist who has completely depended on his craft has existed for a long time.

With the changes of the times, the division of labor is becoming more and more detailed. The tinker, burden sharpened sharpened man and the tinker who called the "bottom of the pot to fill enamel" in the last century are now submerged in the changing trend of the city.

The shoemaker at the junction stayed with the old alley that carved the traces of the city.

In the crevice of history and reality, it becomes a cultural sign to witness the alternation of new and old cities.

Now, in these alley, still can see their figure, some old shoemaker has gone along with the history, but some young shoemaker, still hold the belief of the old man, sit in a corner of the lane, silently guarding this traditional handicraft, provide the convenience for the old neighbourhood to repair shoes.

There is no doubt that they are always closely related to the life of the masses.

The old hand craftsman who is repairing the shoemaker.

More than half a century ago, many of the city's shoe makers and shoes repair shops specialize in leather shoes and cloth shoes.

Some shoes repair shop before the door also big book "small hole does not make up, big hole suffer hardships" word, meaning that shoes should be broken up early, late supplement more money.

Earlier, people wore their own cloth shoes, and women clown to the bottom of their shoes.

But because the sole is * difficult, not every housewife can be competent. Therefore, the shoe sole is made well, and the shoe repair shoe maker needs to be called the shoe repair worker at the village entrance to wear the sole of shoes - the shoemaker uses iron pins to tie the bottom with a piercement, and then uses two bristles hair to lead the hemp thread to "whiz" to tighten up.

The upper is good, and then the hammer is used to form a block of shoe into the shoe.

The cloth shoes are worn for a long time, the shoes are worn thin and worn, and in the hands of the shoemaker, they can be pinned with leather pads.

As for leather shoes off line and palm, canvas shoes are worn out and degumming, repair shoes makers can try to repair them, and take them as they are.

After liberation, most of the companies in the city purchased footwork or hand-held shoemper, and dozens of dollars each. After the machine came out, the ordinary overhaul and minor repair became twice the result with half the effort.

In 60s and 70s twentieth Century, people's living standards were low, and the "dual-use" plastic sandals were once popular.

The shoemaker has a new business, repairing plastic shoes is no trouble, but he has a small coal stove and a few home-made irons.

The repair method is to weld and bond on the broken part of the plastic, and to reinforce it.

In order to make the patch smooth and smooth, the shoemaker can roll on the top with hot glass, without losing a simple invention.

It is more handy to use the electric iron to weld and repair plastic shoes.

Today, those shoe makers who stick to the alley can not only repair all kinds of shoes, repair leather bags, repair bags and zippers, but also repair umbrellas.

The shoemaker can repair more and more kinds, and the traditional repair method is also improving. The only thing that remains unchanged is the old shoe machine that was produced in 70s for more than 10 years.

But the price is no longer as cheap as dozens of dollars, but compared with the modern expensive shoe repair machines that are stationed in shopping malls, the one hundred or two hundred yuan old fashioned shoe machine is obviously much more practical.

Zhang Xinyun is 31 years old.

Yunyang people repair shoes for 8 years

In the past eight years, plain living and doing business.

The shoe maker, Zhang Shifu, seems to be doing quite a lot of business these days.

Zhang said that business should be better every year in 2, 4 and August, because single shoes are easy to wear out. In winter or when it rains, business is naturally light.

Reporters in the Ma Liulin Lane in an old residential building corridor found Zhang master, he has been in this area for six years of shoes.

Zhang's shoe repair booth is not big, and it's about 2 square feet.

In order not to impede the free entry and exit of the upstairs residents, Master Zhang used the small space very well. A short wooden stool was a special seat for Master Zhang to repair shoes. An old shoe repair machine was placed on the left side of the stool. A wooden case with large and small leather nails and other shoes repairing tools was placed on the right side of the stool, and there was a cross net of iron on the top of the head, hanging various kinds of leather shoes matchs that were in line with the trend, and cheap items such as leather belts and leather shoes brushes.

If you want to know how Zhang masters did the work of repairing shoes, he had to trace back to 8 years ago, once bustling and bustling streets in Wanzhou.

That year, Master Zhang was only 18 years old. In order to supplement his family expenses, he came to Wanzhou from Yunyang to build brickwork.

An accidental chance, Zhang master met a fellow townsman in Yunyang on the same street. The old man told Zhang himself that he had a shoe repair stand on the same road, and the business was quite prosperous.

Master Zhang thought that it was always a good thing to learn his craft, so he went to work under the door of the old man in Yunyang, and helped the master to work on how to repair his shoes.

In this way, the Apprenticeship of a year passed quickly.

At that time, a big palm corner outside the Three Gorges diesel engine factory was Zhang's first shoe repair stand.

Later, with the relocation of cities, they came to Ma Liu.

For years, master Chang has been diligently sticking to the traditional handicraft that is disappearing.

Master Zhang did not have any extra money. Her wife worked in a private shoe factory in the city. The income of more than one thousand pieces of two people per month was not much, but it was also enough for them to live plain and simple.

In summer, Master Zhang started walking from Beishan's home at 6 a.m. to mare Liu Lin's shoe repair stall, and went home at 6 o'clock in the evening. It was late in winter and started at 7 in the morning and went home again at 7 p.m.

As for the work arrangement of sunrise and sunset, Zhang Shifu seemed very satisfied. "Now the competition is great, and the money is not easy to find. It's more practical to eat by craft."

This is a sentence that Zhang often talks about.

The shoe maker's persistent belief

Feel the sweet and bitter taste of repairing shoes. Zhang's master, who is full of hard cocoons and arms and legs, complained about the bitterness and bitterness, "remembering the four seasons of the year, walking around the streets and streets, being dressed in a shirt and carrying a burden, and shouting about business everywhere.

What kind of rain shoes, shoes and leather shoes should be filled, and the zippers and umbrellas must be repaired.

Now, after setting up a batch of old acquainted customers, it is obviously much more stable than before, which makes plain chef feel satisfied.

But Zhang also has some regrets. The more the new buildings in the city are, the fewer and fewer old streets and lanes. The young people wear more and more famous brand shoes, but most of them do not want to visit such simple shoes stalls as master Zhang. After all, the living conditions are greatly improved.

In the past, everyone was still fashionable to give leather shoes and nails with iron shoes, and walked up and down, but now, on the contrary, all shoes on the upper deck can not be spiked, otherwise someone will laugh at you.

Moreover, many famous brand shoe stores now have special shoe care shops in the city. They are all repaired by machines. In the face of competition in this era, Zhang Shifu inevitably feels something. "I also want to open a big shoe repair shop, but the economic strength can not reach that standard after all.

Now it's also good. It can earn seven hundred or eight hundred yuan a month. The shoes that are repaired are affordable and durable. The people also feel the benefits, and their own shoes repair business is guaranteed.

Zhang said that most of the people who repair shoes today are middle-aged and elderly people who live nearby. Besides, there are few people like shoes, rain shoes and so on. Maybe they are wearing fewer and fewer people.

A city changes every day.

Flowers bloom and fall, some new businesses are born, some old businesses disappear, but master Zhang persistently believes that if someone wears shoes and shoes are broken, someone will fix them. If he has business, he can eat.

Liu Kezhong is 38 years old.

More than ten years in Wanzhou

The shoe maker, the beauty he made.

Opposite the gate of the new century shopping mall in Taibai Road, Wanzhou, in a very obscure alley, a shoemaker is sitting on a shoe repair booth less than 2 meters and making a shoe sole for a 60 year old mother-in-law. He is the shoe maker Liu Shifu.

Compared with Zhang Shifu, a 7 year old master, Master Liu and his face are obviously thinner than ever before. When the old man is repairing his soles, his concentrated look can easily make a deep "Sichuan" pattern between his brows. A pair of calloused hands are always busy and skilled.

Master Liu's wife is also a shoe repair woman. When he breaks off on weekdays, his wife will follow him to the shoe stall.

I heard that the reporter came to interview Liu Shifu. A familiar guest who filled the shoes was very enthusiastic about introducing his wife to reporters.

Master Liu's wife looked very shy, a very plain dress, with a brilliant smile on her face. The smiling face seemed to have a shame and kindness that city people did not have.

When Liu was immersed in his work, she sat quietly beside him. His eyes were always staring at Master Liu's busy hands.

"Their business is good. It's rare that they have leisure time."

Said a peddler beside a small cigarette booth.

Master Liu is still busy, just to hear everyone's evaluation of himself, and his face also has a circle of smiles.

During the chat, the reporter noticed the wooden box full of all kinds of large and small tools, which was full of wooden tools, tongs, scissors, hammers, screwdrivers, iron towns, and hemp rope, leather cord, old string and awl.

There are also patches of leather for repairs outside the wooden box.

Master Liu said, these are all materials used to fill shoes, and Liu master picked up an iron kidnapper with the shape of a flat iron duck's mouth.

When the shoe was repaired, Master Liu kept it in his legs, and put the shoes under repair on the duck's mouth. It was very convenient to repair shoes.

Master Liu said that the iron abductor is a special tool for shoemaker, they all call it Li Tieguai's "Eight Immortals".

Life is full of happiness.

Master Liu and his wife have a daughter. Now they are in junior middle school.

The daughter's academic record is good, and this is even more determined.

Now, the master Liu still lives in a rented room. In order to let her daughter have a book to read, Liu says that no matter how hard he and his wife are, they must save money for their shoes to save their children first. "I hope their children will be happier in the future."

Watching Liu master's words full of confidence, the reporter can not help asking, "is the daily income good?"

"It's OK. It depends on some repeat customers. They often come to me."

A middle-aged man interposed on one side and said, "the master shoes are repaired well, and the bad places are repaired as well as the new ones. When others are good, they will be in debt when they have no change.

Master Liu took him and said sincerely, "I have been making shoes for more than ten years, and I have done a lot of work to repair shoes for my customers.

Come to me, and my business will be fine. "

For those familiar customers, Liu master treats them more like his friends than his simple customers.

Therefore, when repairing shoes, Master Liu will teach them how to maintain their leather shoes.

For example, leather shoes should be cleaned once a week.

Sheepskin shoes should not be worn on rainy days.

The reporter asked in a puzzled way, "are you not afraid that everyone will be able to maintain it?"

Master Liu said simply, "customers who can still patronize shoes stalls are quite familiar customers for many years. Some of them are two generations of people who are fixing shoes here. For them, they are more emotional than money.

I thanked them for not having enough time.

For the shoemaker, they all have their own philosophy of life, and find suitable places for their survival and happy space.

Therefore, he has his own unique life color. While comforting, he also feels the enrichment of life.